Police investigating top civil servants in connection to Agriculture Ministry IT tender

The Czech Police have arrested several individuals in connection to alleged corruption related to IT tenders at the Ministry of Agriculture during the tenure of previous minister Miroslav Toman, news site Seznam Zprávy reported on Friday. Detectives of the National Centre for Combating Organised Crime (NCOZ) have been conducting home searches since Thursday evening and are investigating several leading civil servants who served under the ex-minister, Seznam Zprávy writes.

The news was also confirmed by NCOZ head  Jaroslav Ibehej, who said that the investigation was being supervised by the High Public Prosecutor's Office in Prague.